Spectropolarimetry and modeling of Galactic Wolf-Rayet star WR156 O LGA M A RY E VA Special Astrophysical Observatory RAS; olga.maryeva@gmail.com For the first time spectropolarimetric observations of Wolf-Rayet star WR156 (WN8h sub-class) were conducted. ... This polarization is, most probably, has an interstellar origin, as its magnitude and orientation are similar to the ones of field stars. ... By its parameters WR156 is similar to other WN8h stars, displaying the line effect. ...

... Contacts . 2012: . ... We refined the fundamental parameters of the components, the orbital periods, and the conditions of photospheric heating of the secondary component by the ultraviolet radiation of the hot component. ... The observations of the star clusters associated with ultra-luminous x-ray sources (ULXs) in four galaxies on the 6-meter and VLT telescopes have shown that all the ULXs are located within 200pc of very young star clusters (younger than 5 million years). ... Archive . ...